State Of Denial

Hello Everyone: I decided to indulge myself today with some of my favorite skin care products. The best part was I got free delivery and money off my purchase. The cherry on top, my package is already on its way. I wanted to actually reserve the products in advance and go to the store to pick it up because it's close by but I got a little lazy and in-store pick up at that branch wasn't available. Let's see if my stuff gets on time. Otherwise it was a pretty good day. The fitness area in the local park is open again. Really happy about that because I didn't want to loose about five months worth of workouts to this pandemic again. During Lock Down 1.0, all the playgrounds and outdoor fitness areas were closed for quite some time. I made do by going for a morning run. In the meantime, the muscles got soft and, even though I still watched what I ate and ran, I felt so out of shape. Finally in July, I felt like it was safe enough to use the fitness area again. A good thing too because my timing coincided with mum's passing and I was able to use that time to process whatever was on my mind. Through it all, I regained and improved on my previous fitness. Everything was nicely moving along until about a few weeks ago when the mayor announced a semi-lockdown, including closing the outdoor fitness areas. That sucked because working out is an excellent way to release whatever pandemic induced anxiety someone may have. I guess the mayor must've gotten an earful from his wife and other parents about house bound children needing a place to play that he ordered the playgrounds and fitness area open. Good. I'm really looking forward to the day when I can ditch the mask. It'll be a long while but, until then, I just have to put up with the restrictions. The next question is would I take the vaccine? The answer is yes, I'm letting Sis be the guinea pig. She's an essential worker so she gets priority over us healthier people, like me. Interestingly, she's also immuno-compromised because of her previous bouts with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. The radiation and chemo therapy treatments did a number on her immune system. I'm sure it's better now that she's been in remission for nearly a decade-and-half. Still she won't readily admit it. I mentioned it in passing last week during the weekly lunch and she gave me this surprised look. I didn't push the issue. I don't really care if doesn't want to be more open about her health issues, that's her business, not mine. It's certainly not my business to broadcast it. However, I think she does need to acknowledge it. Another thing I was right about was the BIL's weight putting him in the pandemic high-risk zone. Once again, Sis denied it being factor but eventually had to give in to the fact that it was, which is why she put the BIL on a weight loss program. She does that a lot, deny there are problems until she has no choice but to accept what is and what isn't in her personal health. I think her denial is getting to her and it wouldn't surprise me if one day she cracked under its strain.